Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes (June 2008)
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1. installed on the workstation m CMOS Checksum Error When Updating the BIOS on page 5 m BIOS Settings Might Change When Updating the BIOS on page 5 m Boot Summary Screen Becomes Corrupted on page 6 m Memory Guideline for Systems with 1 DIMM on page 6 a SATA RAID and Option Card Limitations on page 6 m Setting Up the BIOS for the Secondary PCIe Graphics Slot on page 7 CMOS Checksum Error When Updating the BIOS After updating to the BIOS on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD DVD the system might report a CMOS checksum error If this happens do the following 1 Press the F2 key to go into the BIOS Setup Utility 2 Select Load Setup Defaults 3 Press the F10 key to save your settings and exit BIOS Settings Might Change When Updating the BIOS The BIOS settings might reset to the defaults after updating to the BIOS on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD DVD If you had changed any BIOS settings before the update such as enabling RAID you should enter the BIOS Setup Utility and restore the settings Perform the following step after updating flashing the BIOS to enter the Setup Utility Press the F2 key when the system boots to enter the BIOS Setup Utility and restore any individually changed BIOS menu items Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 5 6 Boot Summary Screen Becomes Corrupted This issue occurs when the user hits the F12 key for Ne2. 8 Solaris OS Issues on page 10 Windows OS Issues on page 16 Linux Issues on page 19 2 General Information Documentation URL The following is a list of Sun Ultra 40 M2 documentation 819 7565 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 820 0121 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Installation Guide 819 7577 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Operating System Installation Guide 820 0123 10 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Service Manual 820 0122 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Safety and Compliance Guide These documents are available at the following URL http docs sun com Supported Operating Systems This section lists the supported operating system versions for the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Solaris 10 6 06 and 11 06 RHEL 5 0 Client 32 bit 64 bit RHEL 4 32 bit 64 bit Update 4 RHEL 3 32 bit 64 bit Update 8 SUSE Linux Enterprise SLED 10 64 bit Windows 2003 Enterprise SP2 32 bit 64 bit Windows XP 32 bit SP2 Windows XP 64 bit SP1 Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit 64 bit Latest Firmware and System Software Updates The Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers DVD v1 4 contains BIOS 1 23 updated to fix various issues see u40m2_changes_1 23 txt file Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008 a Updated NVIDIA graphics driver for Windows to 169 39 a Update NVIDIA graphics driver for Linux to 169 09 Update NVIDIA graphics driver for Solaris to 169 12 More information regarding Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tool
3. Fail Safe Mode Using Solaris 10 6 06 on page 11 m Login Failure and Garbled Display When Using Two Graphics Cards with Solaris 10 6 06 on page 12 m Enabling a Solaris OS Xserver Secondary Display 6357217 on page 13 a cdrw Patch for DVD RW and DVD RW Media on page 13 m Solaris 10 x86 Patch for Daylight Savings Time on page 13 m System Hang Using Two Graphics Cards With Solaris 10 6 06 on page 13 m Solaris 10 Preinstalled Software Image on page 13 m Certain 1394 Devices Might Cause a System Panic on page 14 m Certain Non compliant USB Hard Disks Might Cause a System Panic on page 14 a Time of Day Clock Error When Running sys unconfig on page 14 m PCI SERR is Logged When Solaris 10 Boots 6603801 on page 15 Patch Available for Solaris nge Connect Issues During initialization Solaris might fail to properly clear the RX_EN register As a result TCP UDP connections via the nge ports will fail Patch 122530 06 which requires patch 118855 03 will resolve this issue Reconfigure the system immediately after installing the patches Both patches are available at http www sun com sunsolve Use Patchfinder to locate the patch Solaris 10 Telnet Vulnerability Patch Solaris 10 6 06 and 11 06 security vulnerability in the in telnetd 1M daemon might allow unauthorized remote users to gain access to a Solaris Host For more information refer to Sun Security Alert 102802 S
4. Supported Linux Operating Systems 6278514 Some Linux operating systems such as RHEL3 do not support the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI which allows a graceful system shutdown On systems running non ACPI Linux operating systems only a forceful shutdown is available Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008
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7. e BIOS for the Secondary PCle Graphics Slot The primary PCI Express slot is the PCIe1 Slot If you would like to use the secondary PCI Express x16 slot PCIe3 make the following changes to the BIOS 1 Boot the workstation with the video display connected to the primary graphics card slot When you see the Sun logo screen displayed press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Select the Advanced menu The entry PCle X16 VGA CARD SELECT defines which slot is the primary graphics slot The system will display POST and BOOT information to this card only Select PCI Express Slot 3 to enable the PCIe 3 graphics slot Press the F10 key to save your changes and exit the BIOS The next time you reboot the workstation the secondary graphics card will display output Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 7 8 Pc Check Diagnostic Issues The following issues apply to the Pc Check v6 05 available on the Tools and Drivers CD m Incorrect Video Memory Size Detected for NVIDIA FX4600 FX5500 FX5600 Cards on page 8 m Pc Check AC97 Test Error Message on page 8 m Graphics Card Test Only Recognizes One Card on page 8 m Digital Audio SPDIF Diagnostic Test on page 9 a TPM Diagnostic Test on page 9 Incorrect Video Memory Size Detected for NVIDIA FX4600 FX5500 FX5600 Cards Pc Check incorrectly detects and reports the video memory for NVIDIA FX4600 FX5500 and FX5600 graphics cards This i
8. e the file 4 Perform a configuration reboot by typing b r at the boot command prompt This assigns nvidia0 to the new slot Certain 1394 Devices Might Cause a System Panic This is an issue that affects certain 1394 devices For details you can search for bug Id 6260568 or patch Id 118855 36 at http sunsolve sun com Certain Non compliant USB Hard Disks Might Cause a System Panic This is an issue that affects certain USB hard disks For details you can search for bug Id 6346270 or patch Id 118855 36 at http sunsolve sun com Time of Day Clock Error When Running sys unconfig A time of day clock error message might occur after running sys unconfig and after subsequent date and time configurations Press F2 to continue the Solaris 10 Operating System configuration Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008 PCI SERR is Logged When Solaris 10 Boots 6603801 Every time the Solaris 10 operating system boots a PCI system error signal SERR is logged regarding the SAS3081E S PCI E to SAS adapter The error messages do not affect operation of the server and can be ignored Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 15 16 Windows OS Issues The following issue applies to Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstations running a supported Windows operating system m System Hangs and Causes Disk Corruption When Running chkdsk c XP32 on page 16 a RAID Array Size gt 2 Tb Incorrectly Reported in Disk Ma
9. ets Stuck After Loading NVIDIA Display Drivers 9631 and later SLED 10 s GNOME X windows gets stuck in the upper left corner of the screen after loading NVIDIA display drivers version 9631 and later Solution 1 Download the update for gnome session gnome session 2 12 0 106 28 x86_64 rpm at http download novell com Download buildid 5_mvmMgtk3c Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 19 20 2 Install the RPM package on a SLED 10 64 bit system using the following command rpm Fvh gnome session 2 12 0 106 28 x86 64 rpm RHEL 3 Update 8 32 bit Keystroke Repeats When pressing a key the keystrokes could auto repeat This issue is related to an out of sync Time Stamp Counter TSC The Linux kernel uses a separate TSC as a timing mechanism for each processor When the TSCs drift out of sync you could experience repeating keystrokes Solution Install Red Hat kernel version 2 4 21 47 0 1 or later RHEL 3 Update 8 32 bit Kernel Panic Message When installing RHEL 3 Update 8 32 bit and the correct BIOS setting are not loaded the system will display the following message kernel panic IO APIC timer doesn t work If this happens perform the following steps 1 Press F2 to enter system BIOS 2 Change the Advanced Enable Multimedia Timer option to No 3 Press F10 to save the changes 4 Exit the system BIOS 5 Reinstall RHEL3 Update 8 32bit Graceful Shutdown Not Available on Non ACPI
10. nagement XP on page 16 m Blank Screen After Booting XP Installation CD DVD on page 18 a HD UAA Audio Bus Drivers XP 64 bit Error on page 18 System Hangs and Causes Disk Corruption When Running chkdsk c XP32 On XP 32 bit systems with two or more partitions the system might hang when running the chkdsk command on the C drive The system hang occurs during the following screen display chkdsk is verifying indexes stage 2 of 3 The system requires a hard reset and might need a reinstall of the OS to repair corrupted files This issue is fixed with the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers DVD v1 2 For information about the Tools and Drivers CD DVD see More information regarding Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers CD DVD image downloads is available at on page 3 RAID Array Size gt 2 Tb Incorrectly Reported in Disk Management XP Some RAID arrays greater than 2 terabytes Tb might show up as 47 49 Gb in Windows Disk Management Workaround Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008 Create a RAID that is less than 2TB in size This issue is under investigation Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 17 Blank Screen After Booting XP Installation CD DVD This can happen if there are certain Linux partitions on the hard disk If a blank screen occurs after booting from the XP installation CD DVD remove the Linux partitions on the hard disk To remove boot disk partitions rebo
11. ng Two Graphics Cards with Solaris 10 6 06 Note This issue only applies to a clean reinstall of Solaris 10 6 06 This issue does not apply to the preinstalled image that comes with your Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation When you log in to a new Solaris 10 6 06 installation the login attempt will fail and will result in garbled display graphics Choose one of the following two workarounds m Reset the login screen 1 Reboot the system but do not log into the system 2 Click the Options button then select Reset Login Screen The screen will reset and you can then log in as usual If your screen displays garbled text you need to reset the Xserver by pressing Ctrl ALT Backspace 0T m Install the unbundled NVIDIA display drivers contained on the Tools and Drivers CD DVD as follows 1 Use the command prompt to log in as root superuser 2 Insert the Tools and Drivers CD DVD into the DVD drive 3 Run install sh from the cdrom cdrom0 drivers sx86 directory 4 Reboot the workstation 5 Log in to the workstation using the CDE desktop one time before attempting to log in using JDS All subsequent JDS logins will work 12 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008 Enabling a Solaris OS Xserver Secondary Display 6357217 The Solaris 10 Xserver default configuration only enables a primary display To enable a primary and secondary display simultaneously you need to install the NVIDIA drivers l
12. ocated on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Drivers CD DVD Use the install sh script to add the second display to etc X11 xorg conf cdrw Patch for DVD RW and DVD RW Media The cdrw utility that shipped with Solaris 10 6 06 does not fully support writing on DVD RW and DVD RW media The patch number at the time of this writing is 120888 07 You can access the patch at http www sun com sunsolve Solaris 10 x86 Patch for Daylight Savings Time A Solaris OS patch addresses the change in daylight savings time The patch number at the time of this writing is 118669 11 You can access the patch at http www sun com sunsolve System Hang Using Two Graphics Cards With Solaris 10 6 06 This issue only applies to a clean install or reinstall of Solaris 10 Operating System 6 06 version The system will hang at the NFS message prompt If this happens reboot the workstation Solaris 10 Preinstalled Software Image If you move a card from one PCI Express slot to another the OS will remember the instance for the old slot as nvidia0 and will assign the new slot as nvidia1 Use one of the following two workarounds m Change the dev nvidia0 link to point to dev fbs nvidial Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 13 14 0T m Update the etc path_to_inst file as follows 1 Open the etc path_to_inst file in a text editor For example vi etc path_to_inst 2 Remove any nvidia entries from the file 3 Save and clos
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14. ot the workstation with the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Tools and Driver CD DVD and choose option 3 for the Erase Primary Boot Disk utility to wipe the entire disk clean HD UAA Audio Bus Drivers XP 64 bit Error When using HD UAA Audio Bus XP 64 bit drivers you might receive a yellow exclamation mark error message This is an error is related to Windows XP 64 bit drivers Obtain the updated HD Audio Bus drivers at http support microsoft com kbid 901105 18 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008 Linux Issues The following issues applies to Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstations running a supported Linux operating system m Xserver Fails to Initialize with NVIDIA FX4600 and FX5600 Graphics Cards on page 19 a SLED 10 64 bit GNOME X Windows Gets Stuck After Loading NVIDIA Display Drivers 9631 and later on page 19 m RHEL 3 Update 8 32 bit Keystroke Repeats on page 20 m RHEL 3 Update 8 32 bit Kernel Panic Message on page 20 m Graceful Shutdown Not Available on Non ACPI Supported Linux Operating Systems 6278514 on page 20 Xserver Fails to Initialize with NVIDIA FX4600 and FX5600 Graphics Cards The preloaded VESA drivers do not support the FX4600 and FX5600 graphics cards Workaround 1 Boot into single user fail safe mode 2 Run the install sh script for the Tools and Drivers DVD v1 2 This will install the updated NVIDIA graphics driver v9755 SLED 10 64 bit GNOME X Windows G
15. s and Drivers CD DVD image downloads is available at http www sun com desktop workstation ultra40 downloads jsp Released BIOS and System Software Versions The BIOS versions mentioned in this document are available on the following versions of the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers CD DVD ISO image BIOS v1 23 is available on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers DVD v1 4 BIOS v1 22 is available on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers DVD v1 3 BIOS v1 20 is available on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers DVD v1 2 BIOS v1 11 is available on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers CD v1 1a Initial Release Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers CD 1 0 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 3 Documentation Issues The following documentation issues apply to the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation m Ethernet Cable Not Included with Workstation on page 4 Ethernet Cable Not Included with Workstation The Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Installation Guide 820 0121 11 shipped with your workstation incorrectly states that an ethernet cable is supplied with the system There is no ethernet cable supplied with the workstation Sun recommends that you obtain a Cat 5 RJ 45 ethernet cable for use with the Ultra 40 M2 network interface 4 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008 Hardware and BIOS Issues The following hardware and BIOS issues apply to the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation regardless of the operating system OS
16. ssue is under investigation Pc Check AC97 Test Error Message The initial release of Pc Check produces the following error message when running the AC97 audio test This system has either no audio capability or the audio is not compatible with PC Check You can safely ignore this message Graphics Card Test Only Recognizes One Card Pc Check only recognizes the primary graphics card when running the graphics test To test both cards in a two card installation switch the primary graphics card display to the secondary graphics card see Setting Up the BIOS for the Secondary PCIe Graphics Slot on page 7 and run the graphics diagnostic test again Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008 The functionality to test two cards might be added in a future release of Pc Check Digital Audio SPDIF Diagnostic Test The initial release of Pc Check does not contain a test for the SPDIF ports TPM Diagnostic Test The initial release of Pc Check does not contain a TPM test for Infineon This issue is fixed with the Tools and Drivers DVD 71 2 Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 9 10 Solaris OS Issues The following issues apply to Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstations running the Solaris 10 operating system m Patch Available for Solaris nge Connect Issues on page 10 m Solaris 10 Telnet Vulnerability Patch on page 10 m Correct nge NIC Placement on page 11 m Warning Message When Booting
17. twork Boot during Sun splash screen on a system with the LSI 3081E HBA installed The user can ignore this as the system will continue to Network Boot This issue is fixed with the Tools and Drivers DVD v1 2 For information about the Tools and Drivers CD DVD see More information regarding Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers CD DVD image downloads is available at on page 3 Memory Guideline for Systems with 1 DIMM When configuring a system with a one DIMM install the DIMM in CPUO slot 1 or slot 3 Do not install the DIMM in CPU0 slot 0 or slot 2 because this will cause the system to hang during the POST Failure to Power Up With 8 x 750 Gb Drives Systems with eight 750 Gb hard drives might fail to power up If this happens perform the following workaround Workaround 1 Turn off the system 2 Remove one of the 750 Gb drives 3 Power up the system This issue is under investigation SATA RAID and Option Card Limitations You must disable SATA RAID if the option card s expansion ROM is greater than the available shadow memory For example you can only use the Single Ultra 320 1 Port SCSI PCI X card when the onboard SATA RAID is disabled in the BIOS Enabling RAID for the onboard SATA drives with a U320 SCSI card installed will result in an expansion ROM not initialized BIOS error message and the U320 SCSI card might not function correctly Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008 Setting Up th
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19. un Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes June 2008 Patch 120069 02 addresses this issue The patch is available on the Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers DVD v1 2 image and at http www sun com sunsolve Apply the patch manually or run the install sh script on all Solaris 10 6 06 and 11 06 systems For information about the Tools and Drivers CD DVD see More information regarding Sun Ultra 40 M2 Tools and Drivers CD DVD image downloads is available at on page 3 Correct nge NIC Placement This issue only applies to the Solaris 10 Operating System 6 06 version with a nge NIC The nge NIC does not work in Solaris 10 when placed in the first boot order When the nge NIC is installed in the first boot order the PXE will attempt to boot If this should happen you should place the nge NIC device after the hard disk in the BIOS Warning Message When Booting Fail Safe Mode Using Solaris 10 6 06 This issue only applies to the Solaris 10 Operating System 6 06 version When booting into Fail Safe Mode the following warning message might display TABLE 0 1 WARNING BIOS microcode patch for AMD Athlon 64 Opteron processor erratum 131 was not detected updating your system s BIOS to a version containing this microcode patch is HIGHLY recommended or erroneous system operation may occur You can safely ignore this message Sun Ultra 40 M2 Workstation Product Notes 11 Login Failure and Garbled Display When Usi
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